"Passport: Mexico" will show eight films, including dramas, documentaries and comedies, highlighting "the culture, politics and people," said festival artistic and executive director Jonathan Jackson. The program will portray "a deeper, more well-rounded view of our neighbors to the south," he said. | Aug. 5, 2014»Read Full Article(3)

Skylight Music Theatre brought the New York runway to Milwaukee on Thursday, as a group of about 100 fashion and theatre enthusiasts gathered for an evening with fashion designer Cesar Galindo. Galindo, who is designing the costumes for Skylight's upcoming production of Rossini's "Cinderella," revealed both his sketches for the show and a preview of the fall collection from his "Czar" line of women's clothing.

If you'd like to immerse yourself in a novel during your August vacation, and if you're skeptical of a world in which private contractors get away with dirty deeds outside the reach of the law, let me introduce you to Richard House's"The Kills," which Picador will publish Aug. 5 in the U.S.

Published in England in 2013 and long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, "The Kills" is an interlocking set of four novels under a single cover. It centers on a Brit named John Jacob Ford, who under the name Sutler has taken a contract in Iraq for a shady multinational. On virtually a moment's notice, Sutler is directed to disappear -- a multimillion-dollar swindle is about to be exposed, and in return for taking the public fall and going underground, Sutler/Ford will be rewarded with hefty cash in a bank account. His escape, his difficulties trying to access the account, and an intense, multinational hunt for him drive much of the action. | Aug. 4, 2014»Read Full Blog Post

Hank had a rough start in life, including the loss of a paw, but he's found a home with Lisa Schlenker, properties director of the Skylight Music Theatre. Hank comes to work with her in her shop. | Aug. 4, 2014»Read Full Article

There is no change this week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, so Magic! finds itself celebrating its third week at No. 1. Don't be rude, and watch the video for the debut hit single below. Then see which songs were on top this week back in 2005, 1995, 1985 and 1975.